The meanings of bodily culture activities and physical education’s teaching objects

Abstract

This essay discusses a concept about Physical Education’s teaching objects based on the systematization of the meanings of bodily culture activities. Taking " dance” as an example for analysis, I present some theoretical and methodological criteria for meanings of bodily culture from a Cultural-Historical perspective. Considering that these activities have an autonomous dimension - which does not mean they are independent - regarding social relations of gender, class, ethnicity etc., as the center of this systematization, I point out those features related to formative singularities, or “creative making”, which " dance”, " play”, " fight” and " gymnastics” have or may have regarding the subjects who teach and learn them at school.